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by way of Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza
Glasgow [UK], August 10 (ANI): The revelation that Pakistan occupied Kashmir's new major Minister has been shortlisted and chosen through Pakistani major minister Imran Khan no longer best stunned the individuals however additionally the newly elected members of the PoK legislative assembly and the wider assist community of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Two candidates had been concept to be probably the most common for the workplace of prime Minister. First changed into former prime minister of PoK Barrister Sultan Mahmoud and the 2nd turned into Tanveer Ilyas, a enterprise tycoon who had recently earned the nickname of Imran Khan's new ATM machine.
A term coined right through the pre-2018 election when Khan's close ally and billionaire sugar mogul Jahangir Tareen had opened the doors of his vault.
Already blemished by way of accusations of rigging through bullying, violence and open offers of bribe s to the voters by means of the federal minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur, the announcement of former Muslim convention chief Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the new major minister got here as a shock.
It was a choice too tough to swallow hence Tanveer Ilyas turned into made a senior minister in the newly shaped PoK cupboard.
As soon because it turned into disclosed that Imran Khan will make a decision who will lead the PoK assembly for the subsequent tenure, Barrister Sultan Mahmoud started to exert force on the Pakistani best minister to nominate him because the new PM of PoK.
Imran Khan begun to receive mobile calls from individuals of Parliament and senior politicians from the uk and European countries asking for Khan to believe the Barrister for the apex publish.
The final effort through Barrister Sultan Mahmoud became made all the way through his meeting with the reputable from the us embassy in Islamabad. This manoeuvre a nnoyed Imran Khan who summoned the Barrister and informed him off for asking the uk and European politicians to suggest his identify for PoK leading minister.
Imran Khan was so annoyed that he made certain that the assembly between the two become broadcast during television news and a point out of the prime minister telling Barrister Sultan Mahmoud turned into aired.
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From then on it turned into clear that Barrister Sultan Mahmoud become not the celebration usual for the submit.
This came as a shock to many. Barrister Sultan Mahmoud has religiously adopted the anti-Indian political narrative of Pakistan when it came to the challenge of the so-referred to as Kashmir conflict. by means of sidelining the Barrister, the Pakistani militia establishment has taken a big risk.
Barrister Sultan Mahmoud has a huge following in Mirpur district, which has been the epicentre of social and political unrest for the reason that Imran Khan got here to ene rgy in 2018.
To chance ignoring Barrister Sultan Mahmoud can have critical repercussions within the politics of the occupied territory. If he quits PTI and joins Pakistan individuals's party he can without problems be proposed to become the chief of the opposition and give tough time to the chosen government of PTI, which has already been accused of ignoring typical candidates and issuing tickets to the optimum bidder.
Brigadier Naeem Malik, the field in cost of PoJK and Gilgit Baltistan has been released from his tasks after being caught red-surpassed receiving bribe funds from PTI candidates. The going cost turned into stated to be 10 crore.
The elections held on July 25 had been anything else but transparent. PTI goons were stated to reach at a number of polling stations with sticks where they beat up crowds who had gathered to activity their appropriate to vote.
This ended in stoppage of vote casting for hours during which era the Pakistan military did no t let any one enter the polling stations whereas PTI presiding officers allegedly persisted to stamp voters slips and fill the pollboxes.
Barrister Sultan Mahmoud can use all of the above-outlined discrepancies in the election system as an excuse to change sides and ditch the PTI, a celebration that he so fondly helped to benefit ground in PoJK.
On August 6, first indications of dissent among the many PTI gang all started to emerge when Barrister Sultan Mahmoud addressed a large gathering of his supporters in Mirpur.
Taunting on the fresh elections to be corresponding to a 20/20 cricket healthy he said that he changed into a look at various suit player. He consoled his voters by means of saying that superior days will come.
Barrister Sultan Mahmoud has promised that he'll make certain a remaining victory and shortly delivery travelling the total of PoJK. This could be the starting of the end of the PTI govt in PoJK because the first signals of dissent emerge in Mirpur.
(Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza is an writer and a human rights activist from Mirpur in PoK. He at present lives in exile within the UK) (ANI)
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